Drying apparatus



* June 26, 1923.

o. c. REEVES DRYING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 24, 1921y 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 EllaLL EJRgEl/EJ June 26, 1923. 1,459,929,

O. C. REEVES DRYING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 24, 1921 2 sheets-sheet 2 AA s Q @FQ/ELL E.. @BEL/d atented lune 26, 1923.

`oiawELn c. nEEvEs, or TOLEDO, t oHIo.

DRYING APPARATUS.

Applicationle `January 24,1921. Serial No. 439,412.' y

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ORWELL @.REEVES, a citizen. of the United States7 residing at Toledo, in the county of 'Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying Appa.ratus,` ofy which the following isa speciiication.

yMy invention relates to drying or moisture extracting apparatus.' and has Jfor its primary1 object the provision of a portable drying cabinet arranged for conveniently and efficiently drying clothes orother ai? ticles.

' range ayseries of apertured pipes to force v heated air or steam through thearticles to be driedv while such articles are enclosed within aportable cabinet. Another object of my invention is to sup- '20 port the articles to be driedupon screens maintained iny separated position to prevent injury to the articles by crushing.

Afurther object is to 'provide a cabinet rotatableto any desiredposit-ion `and composed oi connectedsections that may be opened for convenient insertion orv removal of the'articles to be dried andthe supporting screens. f I A y Other objects and advantages will be-apparent from the following description, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating a `preferred embodiment of my invention and `wherein similar reference numerals designatefsimilar parts throughout the several views.`

In the drawingsz A Figure 1 is a perspective view of my' improved drying apparatus;

Figure 2 is aside elevation thereof showt@ ing the` cabinet'in full lines in one position and in-dotted lines in another position and with 'the Cover opened;

Figure 3' is a `f 'en'tra'l'isection through the cabinet; l i y Figure 4L is ahorizonta-l 4section taken substantially on the line le-4c of Figure 3; Figures 5y and .6 are detail views of one of the screens used in `my apparatus.

Figure 7 isa detail sectional view of one of the` trunnions ,on which the cabinet is A further object of my invention is to ar-l pivoted and through which the pipe connection isfmadeg. and

Figure 8 Iis ay detail view showing the Ina-nner of foldinghsheets or long articles about a series of screens.` Referringto the drawings7 the numeral 5 designatesa cabinet 4of any desired contour centrally mounted upon trunnionsv 6 journalled in standards 7 preferably provided with rollers or casters 8 to enable the ready movement of the cabinet to any desired position for use and its return to a closet `or corner when not in use. A hinged top or lid 9 provides access to the interior of the cabinet'and is preferably heldin closed position when desiredv by a `latch 10.` 'Aslbest shown in Figures 3 and 4, the vend walls of the cabinet are formed with stepped ledges or supports 11 upon which rest the end portions 12 of a series of screens 13 which carry the clothes or other articles to he dried. The

screens are preferably Jformed with their end portions 12 of greater thickness than the side bars 14 connecting their opposite extremities (see Figure 5) and a porous fabric :is

` tions of 'the screens vmay be made of wood.

white metal, or any desirable material,` and are preferably treated with suitable substances to prevent warping, rusting, etc.` v

To facili-tate the arrangement of the screens in the cabinet, the screens may be numbered or lettered according to' their length, the shortest one being iirst inserted and adapted to rest on the vlowermos't stepped ledge.

Suitably supported by brackets secured to `the bottom wall of the cabinet is a series of connected pipe sections 15 apertured, sub'- meV stantially as shown in Figure 4, with the openings extending upwardly toward the screens 13. One extremity of the pipe is closed and the other extremity extends upwardly, as shown at '15a in Figure 3, to connect with the inner downturned end of the elbow .coupling (see AFigure 7.) which extendsoutwardly through one ofthe trunnions 6 of the cabinet and is threaded at. its outer end to receive the` nozzle 1T of a flexible pipe 18 connecting with a suitable blower or si-milar apparatus. is preferably blown through the flexible pipe 18', coupling 17, and apertured. pipe sections 15 into the lowermost portion of the cabinet, whence it passes. upwardly through the screens and the articles thereon, es-` caping through a vent 19 in the lid 9. If desired, steam or other drying agents may be substituted for the heated air, or. unheat-` ed `airrnay be used` or a combination of air and a disinfectant or bleaching agent may be forced through the" pipes. Y

lohold thefcabinet at any angular position about its: triinnions 6, I preferably .provideI a friction member 20 (see Figure- 7,). loosely encircling the trunnions and adapted to, contac'tthe outer wall of the cabinet, a spring, 2,1 forcing the-member against the cabinet wall V'withsuiiicient` pressure to prevent accidental, swinging of the cabinet `while clothes are being.` inserted or; removed.V Anydesired tension of the spring 21 can be securedj by turning the follower 22 threaded upon the trunnion.

The roperation ofi` my improved drying;

apparatus is believed to be apparent. The

articles tofbje dried are placed. upon the. screens,vwhich.y are'insertedinto the cabinet `in the order of their length, the shortest screenA being placed' in the cabi-net first, and; so on.,y until all the screens are inserted or.

sufficient screens togsupport all of the articles tobethen dried. The lid is thencloscd and i the cabinet-swung into any convenient posi-` tion. YVhen the, clothesr are beinginserted the cabinet is most conveniently located in the dotted line. position shown in Fig. 2 for then the. screens are` horizontal. i After the screens are packed', however, and the top.

closed, the cabinet maybe swunginto any position best suited for the'room The heated air or otherdrying-agent is then turned ony andypassesthrough the porous fabrics of. .the. screens and the articles supportedfthere.-

onfandi escapes-.with the moisture through the vent. The current of heated air is` con, tinued asflong as necessary or desirable for the, drying.. operation, whereupon the curf. ,rent ofauiisturned off', the lid opened, and

the screens and articles removed. If. a. bleaching' agent is forced through thepipe Vinplace of heated air. or asimilar; drying agent, theA operation is substantially the: saine, the influx ofi the `bleaching agent be- Heated `air air, the walls of the cabinet may be lined with asbestos lor other heat-insulating material, substantially as shown in Figure 7.

`The arrangement ofthe side bars 14 of the screens as shown in Figure 5 makes it possible to dry sheets or similar articles of comparatively great length by winding them around severalof the screens, substantially as shown. in. Figure 8, wherein is shown a sheet or similar lengthy fabric A extending completely around the lowermost screen and then upwardly over the next adjacent screen. The arrangementmayberepeated with an other sheet on the next two screens, or,'if necessary,` one 4sheet may be spread over three or more screens, the space between the side bars 111v andthe cabinet wallsbeing ample tol permit the desired winding.

While it will be apparent that the illus,

trated embodiment of my invention herein disclosed is well calculated'to adequately ful.-

fill the objects primarily stated, it is to bev understood that the invention is' susceptible to, variation, modification and change with-v in the spirit and scope of the subjoned claims.y i Having described my invention, I claim z 1- A drying.' apparatus comprising a fra-me,` a cabinet rotatably mountedtheree.

on, meanspfor holding'the cabinet in any angular position, the cabinethaving an apern tured pipe adjacent one wall for the intro.-

ductionl of heated air and the like and;- its` opposite wallbeing formed with a vent forthe outlet ofthe air and moisture, and a series of spaced screens. forthe support of thel articles to be dried arranged betweensaid pipe and vent.

2. AF drying apparatus. lconiprising a` frame, a cabinet rotatably mounted thereon, the cabinet having an apertured pipe adjacent one walll foi-the introduction of'heatedy air and the like and its oppositefWall being formed with a vent for the outlet o-f the air and moisture, friction means surroundingsaid pipe for holding ,the cabinetin any angular position, and a. kseries of `spaced* whereby an air pipe can be connectedzthere.

to, an apertured pipe `within the cabinet connectedto said COuplingand arranged-adja-4 cent one wallA for the introduction of'heated air and the likeand the opiiositefwallI being formed' with a vent fory the outlet ofthe air and moisture, and aseries of spaced lll) 1,459,929 l i a screens Jfor the support of the articles to be being `formed with stepped ledges7 and a 10 dried arranged between said pipe and vent. `series of screens for the support of the ar-` 4. A drying apparatus comprising a cabticles to be dried arranged to be supported inet rotatably mounted on a portable frame upon said ledges between said pipe and Vent. and having an apertured pipe adjacent one wall for the introduction of heated air and ORWELL C' REEVES' the like and its opposite wall being formed Witnesses: with a Vent for the outlet of the air and REX FRYE,

moisture, two opposite walls of the Cabinet FRANCES Dom. 

